Adjustable shirt



G. C. FARRINGTON.

ADJUSTABLE SHIRT. APPLICATION mznwm: 11. 1918.

1,367,310. Patented Feb, 1, 1921.

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GEORGE G. FABRING'I'ON, 0F PEABODY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO AUGUSTINE F. LITTLEFIELD, 0F LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

ADJUSTABLE SHIRT.

Application filed June 11, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnoncn C. FARRING- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peabody, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Shirts, of which the following is a specification.

namely a shirt, which is adjustable to fit persons of different corporeal characteristics. Ordinarily, shirts-those classed as neglige or dress shirts-with which detachable collars are employed, are made with neck-bands of certain predetermined sizes, the remainder of the garment corresponding to the size of the neclnband.

According to the present invention, the garment is so constructed that the neck-band may be expanded or contracted to fit necks varying greatly in circumference, provision being made for permitting a like adjustment of the shoulder portions.

Referring to the accompanying draw- 9b- Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of shirt embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view, on a larger scale, of a portion of the garment.

I desire to have it understood at the outset that the invention is capable of embodiment in garments of all kinds, designed for wear on the upper portion of the body and having a neck-band, and consequently the stiff bosom or dress shirt which I have illustrated represents but one exemplification of the invention. The body portion 5 of the garment may be fashioned according to the usual methods, and is provided at the shoulders with the yokes 6, 6. The neck-band 7 may button at the rear, or at the front, or both. As shown, its ends overlap at the rear and may be secured together by the usual collar-button passed through button-holes 8. Since the shirt shown is of the stiff bosom variety, there is a button-hole 9 at the front to receive a collar-button by which the collar is attached to the front of the shirt. The neck-band, considered as a whole and disregarding that it may be open or have overlapping ends at the front or back or both, is formed in two separate portions or sections, a and b. The two yokes 6, 6, are slit as at 11 outwardly along the shoulders toward the Specification of Letters latent.

This invention consists of a garment,

Patented Feb. 1, 1921,.

Serial No. 239,349.

sleeves 10. The front and rear portions 0: and b of the neck-band are stitched permanently to the front and rear portions of the yokes and of the shirt body, so that the upper portion of the shirt consists of a front section and a rear section, which are adjust able toward and from each other, to expand and contract the necloband and the shoulder yokes. The ends of the sections a and b of the neck-band may be secured adjustably together in any siutable way, as by tapes 12 laced through holes 13 formed in the neckband.

Each yoke is provided with a V-shaped gore or gusset 14 inserted therein, the edges of which may be secured by lines of stitches, and each gusset at its inner end is formed or provided with a neck-band section 15 which laps at its ends the sections a and b, so as to bridge the space between them. Each section'15 projects forwardly from the front edge of the gusset as at 16, and is stitched to the section a; by stitches 17, the rear end of each section 15 being unattached so that it may slide relatively to the ends of the neck-band section b, when the neck-band is being expanded or retracted.

As a result of the construction thus described, it is apparent that the neck-band and yokes may be adjusted so that the shirt will fit persons of difi'erent sizes. While for certain purposes it is desirable that the neckband sections 15 should be attached to the gussetalyet this is not necessary for all purposes. gain, both margins of the gussets may be stitched to the adjacent edges of the yoke, or one margin may be left free or unattached. In the one case, the gaisset wrinkles as the neck-band is contracted, and, in the other case, the wrinkling is avoided, since the loose margin may slide under the edge of the yoke. These, however, are details of construction which may be varied as desired.

By constructing the garment with an adjustable neck-band and adjustable yokes,a dealer will not need to keep in stock so many different sizes, as each garment may be fashioned to permit an expansion or contraction of the neck-band of, say two to three or more inches.

Having thus explained the nature of my said invention and described a way of making and using the same, although without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made, or all of the modes of its use, What I claim is:

An adjustable shirt having V shaped gussets at the shoulders, a collar band formed in two parts stitched to the front and rear portions of the shirt respectively, one of said parts being formed in separate overlapping sections so that they may be buttoned together, eyelets and laces for adjustably connecting the ends of the front and rear parts of the collar band, and neck-band sections on the free ends of the gussets bridging the gaps between the ends of the two neck-band sections and lying Within the neck band, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have allixed my signature.

GEORGE O. FARRINGTON. 

